Facet @Facet@chitter.xyz

Tail: Raccoon tails are not actually that big or useful. Thus, having a high tail stat means defiance of natural tendency for the sake of expressiveness. The furryness stat.

Soft: How soft and cuddly you are. Raccoons are actually quite affectionate around those they're comfortable with, so being good and comfy to nuzzle into is paramount.

Thievery: One's ability to make off with things, whether by stealth, cuteness, surprise, or the general weirdness of a raccoon encounter.

Washing: One's ability to clean things with one's weird little hands.

Chittering: One's propensity to make cute little animal sounds when happy.

Mask: Mysteriousness. The mask represents the unknowable, the mystical. The allure of the raccoon.

Hi. My name is Facet, and I'm a raccoon. I'm a little bit of a private person, but always willing to meet new people. I try to promote honest positivity whenever I can; I don't always succeed, but I try.

I'm a kinda-sorta game developer, and a Twitch streamer. I don't stream to make a brand or audience really, I just like fostering a relaxing space and enjoying games with people.

I am agender, asexual, and panromantic. 💜

#introduction
(Not actually missing an arm.)

Romancing SaGa 3 bonus night! I had to take a step back from the end of this game for mental health, but I've got myself prepared on some off days and I think I'm ready to take it.

This could be short, or it could be not-short. I may go four hours and still have to concede. But I'm hoping not.

Send me your good energy.

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

I do a pretty lowkey day today. Not a lot going on, made dinner, which had uh... kind of a lesson attached... And now I'm just figuring out how to occupy my evening, if my usual thing to do on Mondays isn't happening.

SaGa Frontier continues! Now that we're safely into the main content of Asellus's chapter, it's time to uh... Go random places until something happens. But hey, I was just gonna wander random places anyway!

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

Of course I should want to make it as robust as possible, and use more modern means if I can.

But uh, I've always kind of been more attached to simplicity, combining old ways and learning heavily from their mistakes, doing what I can with modern capability to make something that's *like* that, but a wiser and more conscientiously-designed experience, taking what worked and cutting out or improving upon what didn't.

So, for the most part, when I wrote this, I was really just trying to think about like, if I wanted to make another serious attempt at an overhead engine, if I should bother sticking to the 8-way movement I'm fairly good at, or if I should have given up on that and devoted to making analog work somehow (I wouldn't have made it work.)

But it seems here, like as long as I make sure the movement is held in context of the gameplay, it would be generally considered fine.

Calling it quits on the final boss of RS3 for now. Gonna move on to SaGa Frontier, and probably put more time into that fight afterward.

In the meantime, let's enjoy a much different game, with a much more interesting struggle. It's Asellus time.

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

How important is it for an overhead-view indie action game made in 2019 to have analog movement rather than 8-way?

I'm working on dealing with certain feelings lately. Primarily, the invasive thought that I can't talk about things I'm passionate about, and that people don't care and wouldn't like it, because of things unrelated to feedback, interest, etc.

It's just, patterns in my head, and I know that, but that's the problem. It's self-perpetuating.

I'm still excited about the things I'm excited about, and want to do them, but it's just hard.

I've been mostly pretty down today, letting culminations of things get a hold on me, multiple things just not panning out or being overall denied. But I think I've come out of it pretty well. Processed some things, put things in perspective. I'm in a better mental position now than I was when I started, at least.

I don't like consciously giving up on games, but sometimes it's just for your own good to know when it's no longer worth it.

"More Romancing SaGa 3? Weren't you at the final boss?"

Yeah. But I'm not even close to the minimum viable stat floor for beating it with any reasonable degree of luck. So it's Another Grind Day!

😒

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

Well, Romancing SaGa 3 beat me down. I've been fooled, and left with no option but to grind at the feet of the last dungeon.

But I'm gonna do it. I'll bridge the gap, and I'll make it work.

The game ends tonight. (Famous last words.)

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

New Zeldo? Boring.

New Mana remake, new SaGa remake? I'm there.

These are games that have been coveted since the day they were known to not come to the US. People on Windows 95 were making the first pioneering steps into fan translation for these games.

Twenty years of anticipation for this stuff.

Blue is a weird word.

Alright, time for some serious Romancing SaGa 3 time. I may go very long today, or less depending on how progress goes. There's not a lot of stuff left in the world either way, so something's got to give sooner or later.

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

Oh right, it's that time of year where everyone talks about that Howard guy more frequently.

Time for more Romancing SaGa 3 again! Will we keep up the pace of success-sans-dragon-rulers? Will we beat a dragon ruler? Who knows!

https://twitch.tv/facetraccoon

SaGa of Mana: https://tinyurl.com/SaGa-of-Mana

(may have ordered myself nb, ace, and they/them lapel pins today)